Selected publications

Bestmann S., Ruff C.C., Driver J., Blankenburg F. (2007)

Concurrent TMS and fMRI: Methods and Current Advances. in Wasserman E., Paus T. (ed.) Oxford handbook of transcranial magnetic stimulation. Oxford University Press

Topic 1: Conscious and unconscious perception

Blankenburg F., Kreidel F., Taskin B. Villringer A. (2007)

Characterisation of cortical activation patterns associated with somatosensory extinction by fMRI.

Topic 1: Conscious and unconscious perception

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Blankenburg F., Ruben J., Meyer R., Schwiemann J., Villringer A. (2003)

Evidence for a rostral-to-caudal somatotopic organization in human primary somatosensory cortex with mirror-reversal in areas 3b and 1. Cereb Cortex, 13, 987-993.

Topic 1: Conscious and unconscious perception

Blankenburg F., Ruff C.C., Deichmann R., Rees G., Driver J. (2006)

The cutaneous rabbit illusion affects human primary sensory cortex somatotopically. PLoS Biol 4:e69.

Topic 1: Conscious and unconscious perception

Blankenburg F., Taskin B., Ruben J., Moosmann M., Ritter P., Curio G., Villringer A. (2003)

Imperceptible stimuli and sensory processing impediment. Science 299:1864.

Topic 1: Conscious and unconscious perception

Moosmann M., Ritter P., Krastel I., Brink A., Thees S., Blankenburg F., Taskin B., Obrig H., Villringer A. (2003)

Correlates of alpha rhythm in functional magnetic resonance imaging and near infrared spectroscopy. NeuroImage, 20, 145-158.

Topic 1: Conscious and unconscious perception

Pleger B., Blankenburg F., Ruff C.C., Driver J., Dolan R.J. (2008)

Reward facilitates tactile judgments and modulates hemodynamic responses in human primary somatosensory cortex. J Neurosci. 13;28(33):8161-8.

Topic 2: Decision-making
Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny

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Pleger B., Ruff C., Blankenburg F., Klöppel S., Driver J., Dolan R.J. (2009)

Influence of Dopaminergically Mediated Reward on Somatosensory Decision Making. PLoS Biology, in press

Topic 2: Decision-making
Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny

Ruben J., Krause T., Taskin B., Blankenburg F., Moosmann M., Villringer A. (2005)

Subarea-specific Suppressive Interaction in the BOLD Responses to Simultaneous Finger Stimulation in Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex: Evidence for Increasing Rostral-to-caudal Convergence. Cereb Cortex, Advance Access published on September 14.

Topic 1: Conscious and unconscious perception

Schubert R., Blankenburg F., Lemm S., Villringer A., Curio G. (2006)

Now you feel it – now you don’t: ERP correlates of somatosensory awareness.
Psychophysiology 43:31.

Topic 1: Conscious and unconscious perception

Taskin B., Jungehulsing G.J., Ruben J., Brunecker P., Krause T., Blankenburg F., Villringer A. (2006)

Preserved Responsiveness of Secondary Somatosensory Cortex in Patients with Thalamic Stroke. Cereb Cortex 16:1431-9.

Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny

Thees S., Blankenburg F., Taskin B., Curio G., Villringer A. (2003)

Dipole source localization and fMRI of simultaneously recorded data applied to somatosensory categorization. NeuroImage, 18, 707-719.

Topic 1: Conscious and unconscious perception